On the 21th of November 2013 the Compendium was presented at the JPI-Oceans (Joint Programming Initiative for Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans) headquarter in Brussel in the presence of Ana-Teresa Caetano (EC, DG Research), and respresentatives of JPI-Oceans, the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research.